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The Autumn / Winter 2015 Season at Sadler's Wells launches tonight.

According to Deadline, legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub died of a heart attack earlier today. He was 77 years.

Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, and Jam Theatricals just announced that Tony nominee JESSICA HECHT (A View From the Bridge, “Breaking Bad,” The Last Night of Ballyhoo) and ADAM KANTOR (The Last Five Years, Next to Normal, Rent) will join the cast of Fiddler on the Roof. Hecht will play the role of Golde and Kantor will play the role of Motel. Further casting will be announced soon.

Behind the scenes of WAITRESS: THE MUSICAL!

Ten letters and card written to veteran publicist /author Walter Newkirk (memoraBEALEia, Letters of Little Edie Beale, The Secret Life of Walter Newkirk) will be auctioned by Julien's Auctions today and tomorrow, June 26 and June 27.

Making LEGENDS a family affair, Producer John Frost's latest show teams Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield in the update of James Kirkwood's 1986 comedy.

THE COBALTEANS, a new musical featuring book and lyrics by Yianni Papadimos, music by Ben Chavez and additional music by Andrew Bridges and Yianni Papadimos, will be presented in the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Out of My Comfort Zone is presented by The Children's Acting Company. Producers: Mimi Stuart and Jason Grant Shela; Directors: Mimi Stuart and Ivy Vale; Musical Director: Rick Reil; Choreographer: Veronica Irene; Lighting Designer: Elizabeth Fruhmann; Sound Engineer: Ed Johnson; Costume Designer: Jen Hebner; Publicist: Paul Siebold/Off PR.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced casting today for Dreamgirls, the Tony Award-winning musical which opens Saturday, September 26 and runs from September 22 - November 1, 2015 in The Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse.

Thrill to the music of the Big Band Era all the way to funk and rock classics of the 70s and 80s at Aurora Swing Nights: Rock the Depot concert tonight, June 18 at 8 p.m. A summertime tradition, this upbeat edition of the popular Swing Night concert series will feature a memorable array of rock 'n' roll songs that will allow every guest to groove to the beats of the past.

THE COBALTEANS, a new musical featuring book and lyrics by Yianni Papadimos, music by Ben Chavez and additional music by Andrew Bridges and Yianni Papadimos, will be presented in the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

OWN announces JULY 2015 highlights, including new and returning series

As previously reported, SMASH star Katharine McPhee -- who just graced Broadway in BOMBSHELL's one-night-only benefit -- will release her new album HYSTERIA on July 24th. Now, Entertainment Weekly writes that the singer spent some time working with Sia and Florence & the Machine's Isabella Machine on the project.

Amy and David Sedaris individually are two of America's premier comic geniuses.  Together, as The Talent Family, they are responsible for such witty, clever, and often downright hilarious productions as Stitches, One Woman Shoe, Stump the Host, Incident at Cobbler's Knob and The Book of Liz.

Thrill to the music of the Big Band Era all the way to funk and rock classics of the 70s and 80s at Aurora Swing Nights: Rock the Depot concert on Thursday, June 18 at 8 p.m. A summertime tradition, this upbeat edition of the popular Swing Night concert series will feature a memorable array of rock 'n' roll songs that will allow every guest to groove to the beats of the past.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), Patrick Blake, and Rhymes Over Beats present Echoes of Octaviaby Michelle T. Johnson on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 7pm at the SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, NYC. Echoes of Octavia is directed by Brent Buell and features Onyi Okoli, Tyson Hall, Nina Yvette Coleman, Erick Carter, Torre Reigns, Jada Castillo, Alisha Espinosa. The play takes place in Octavia's Diner, a cozy, family-owned soul food restaurant in the middle of a black neighborhood in the Midwest. Zora, the business mind of the diner, receives the offer of a lifetime - a chance to write a book about the legendary sci-fi author Octavia Butler. She'd have to move half way across the country to work on it, but her father wants her to stay and run the diner. She's torn between family duty and her dream.

THE COBALTEANS, a new musical featuring book and lyrics by Yianni Papadimos, music by Ben Chavez and additional music by Andrew Bridges and Yianni Papadimos, will be presented in the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The Actors' Equity Foundation's 2015 Clarence Derwent Awards for most promising female and male performers on the New York metropolitan scene have gone to Phillipa Soo (Hamilton) and Josh Grisetti (It Shoulda Been You). 

It's another busy theater week in Tennessee, and in Nashville there are an extra 50,000 to 100,000 country music fans jamming up traffic and increasing wait times at local restaurants, thanks to CMA Music Fest, which natives and longtimers will remember as Fan Fair. So while you're steering clear of our version of Broadway in downtown Nashville, which will be teeming with more people than you can shake a stick at (as my mama would say),  you should instead make reservations to see some local talent onstage at some of the shows included in our Critic's Choice column today!

Ten letters and card written to veteran publicist /author Walter Newkirk (memoraBEALEia, Letters of Little Edie Beale, The Secret Life of Walter Newkirk) will be auctioned by Julien's Auctions on June 26 and June 27.

From July 9-19 Japan Society's renowned summer film festival presents 28 features never before seen in New York

Theatre Raleigh ushers in the 2015 Hot Summer Nights Season with the beloved musical with local ties; Pump Boys and Dinettes, will play at Kennedy Theatre tonight, May 27-June 7 (May 27 Preview Night, May 28 Opening Night). This musical was conceived and written in nearby Chapel Hill, NC by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann. This show is rated  PG-13

Out of My Comfort Zone is presented by The Children's Acting Company. Producers: Mimi Stuart and Jason Grant Shela; Directors: Mimi Stuart and Ivy Vale; Musical Director: Rick Reil; Choreographer: Veronica Irene; Lighting Designer: Elizabeth Fruhmann; Sound Engineer: Ed Johnson; Costume Designer: Jen Hebner; Publicist: Paul Siebold/Off PR.

Amy and David Sedaris individually are two of America's premier comic geniuses.  Together, as The Talent Family, they are responsible for such witty, clever, and often downright hilarious productions as Stitches, One Woman Shoe, Stump the Host, Incident at Cobbler's Knob and The Book of Liz.

New Adventures are delighted to announce the principal cast schedule for the internationally acclaimed and multi-award winning dance thriller 'THE CAR MAN' for the final two weeks of its limited summer season at Sadler's Wells. 'THE CAR MAN' will run at Sadler's Wells from Tuesday 14 July to Sunday 9 August 2015. Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, this revival marks the first time the production has been staged in eight years.  Schedule below with further details of the first two weeks to be announced shortly.